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The Alaska Division
of elections dug into a portion of the outstanding votes in last week's general
election on Wednesday. KMXT's Erik Wander reports that while most, but not
all, of District 36 was counted, one candidate is confident that he's going to Juneau.

With a
414-vote lead and only 290 ballots remaining to be counted, Republican Alan
Austerman said Thursday he is ready to declare victory in his race with
Democrat Andy Lundquist to be the District 36 Representative in the Alaska
State House.

--(Austerman 113 sec"Yes, I guess I am ... very
slim possibility for him.")

Austerman
said he is pleased with how the election played out, and gratified to have won
the seat he held for six years, from 1995 to 2001.

--(Austerman 220 sec"I thought the race was well
done ... the best I can for them."

Austerman
said he was not surprised the election was as close as it turned out to be.